Terms and Conditions (“Terms”)

8.5. You are encouraged to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Cookie Policy by Your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Cookie Policy is posted.

8.6. THIRD PARTY USE OF COOKIES
8.6.1. We may work with third-party companies, commonly known as service providers, who are authorized to place third-party cookies for storing information on Our sites or in Our Services, Platform, and tools with our permission. These service providers help us deliver our own content and advertising, and compile anonymous site metrics and analytics and to provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience.
8.6.2. We may also use third parties, such as advertising networks and exchanges, to allow us to serve you advertisements. These third-party ad networks and exchange providers may use third-party cookies to collect information. They may also collect your device identifier, IP address, or identifier for advertising. The information that these third parties collect may be used to assist us in providing you with more relevant advertising that we serve on our sites or elsewhere on the web. Third-party cookies are covered by the third parties’ privacy policy.
8.6.3. These service providers are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and other legal restrictions on their use or collection of any personal information.
8.6.4. Third-party cookies are covered by the third parties’ privacy policy.

8.7. YOUR COOKIE OPTIONS
8.7.1. Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may limit your user experience as it may stop you from saving customized settings like login information and other personalized preferences.
8.7.2. Please note that opting out will not remove advertising from the pages you visit; it will mean that the ads you see may not be matched to your interests.
8.7.3. In addition, most browsers also provide functionality that lets you review and erase cookies, including Heels and Tech cookies. Please note that some Heels and Tech functionality may stop working properly without cookies.

9. PRIVACY POLICY.
9.1. Through Your use of the Website and Services, You may provide Us with certain information which may include;
9.1.1. USER PROFILE: When You create a user profile on the Platform and confirm being the holder of a certain number, Heels and Tech will collect the information provided by You. In order to create a user profile, You must register Your first name, last name and phone number. Additional information that may be provided at Your option include, but is not limited to, photo, gender, street address and zip code, country of residence, email address, professional website, Facebook page, Twitter address, Instagram address and a short status message. Heels and Tech may supplement the information provided by You with information from third parties and add it to the information provided by You e.g., demographic information and additional contact information that is publicly available.
Some information, including, but not limited to, usage information and other information that may arise from Your interaction with the Services, cannot be used to identify You, whether in combination with other information or otherwise and will not constitute personal information for the purposes of this Policy.
Heels and Tech may collect some of this information automatically through use of cookies as contained in paragraph 8 above.

9.1.2. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES: You may provide us with Your user identifier information regarding, or to enable Your usage of, certain third-party services (together with a mapped photo where applicable) e.g., social networking services and payment services, in order for the Services to interoperate with such third-party services. You may use such third-party services to create Your user profile or log in to Our Platform, share information with such third-party services, or to connect Your user profile with the respective third-party services. Such third-party services may automatically provide us with access to certain personal information retained by them about You (e.g., your payment handle, unique identification information, content viewed by You, content liked by You and information about the advertisements You have been shown or may have clicked on) and You agree that we may collect, use and retain the information provided by these third-party services in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You may be able to control the personal information You allow us to have access to through the privacy settings on the respective third-party service. We will never store any passwords created for any third-party services.

9.1.3. CONTACT INFORMATION: For Contact Information, if You choose to activate use of a third-party service, such as social networks services, within the Platform, Heels and Tech may collect, store and use the list of identifiers associated with said services linked to the Contact Information in order to enhance the results shared with other Users.
Please note that no other contact information other than the phone numbers and thereto attached names, Google ID’s and email addresses will be collected and used from Your address book. Other numbers or information that may be contained in Your address book will be filtered away by our safety algorithms and will therefore not be collected by Heels and Tech.
Please also note that You can always choose not to share Contact Information with Heels and Tech and if You have shared such information and changed Your mind, You can delist Your number or opt-out to render Your entire Contact Information unavailable for search in the Heels and Tech database.

9.1.4. OTHER INFORMATION YOU MAY PROVIDE: You may provide us with various information in connection with Your interaction with Our Platform. For example, You may through tagging functionality associate a phone number, that is not registered in the Heels and Tech database or belongs to a User, with a business or name and You may report a phone number as spam or some other attribute to be included in spam blocking directories. Heels and Tech may also from time to time offer You the opportunity to provide information on Your experience from using the Services or to participate in contests, surveys or other promotions. Heels and Tech will collect the information You provide in connection therewith, as well as any other information You provide through the Services or when You communicate or interact with Us.

9.2. By using the Website or the Services, You authorize the Company to use Your information in the Nigeria and any other country where We may operate.

9.3. HOW WE USE INFORMATION:
9.3.1. PROVIDE, IMPROVE AND PERSONALIZE OUR SERVICES: Heels and Tech may use the personal information collected to provide, maintain, improve, analyze and personalize the Services to its Users, partners and third-party providers and otherwise improve Our Services, business and operations.
9.3.2. STATISTICAL DATA FROM THE SERVICES: We use aggregated or anonymized personal information for statistical and analytical purposes. We may come to share such data with third parties. We do not consider personal information to include information that has been made anonymous or aggregated so that it can no longer be used to identify a specific person, whether in combination with other information or otherwise.
9.3.3. PERSONALIZE OUR ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS: [We may use any of the information collected, as set out above, to provide You with location and interest-based advertising, marketing messaging, information and services.] We may also use the collected information to measure the performance of Our Services.
9.3.4. We may contact You for verification purposes or with information pertaining to the Services or special offers, e.g., newsletter e-mails, SMS and similar notifications about Heels and Tech’s and Our business partners’ products and services. We also use the collected information to respond to you when you contact us.
9.3.5. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND PREVENTION OF FRAUDULENT OR ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES: We may use the collected information to comply with applicable laws and to enforce our agreements and protect and defend the rights or safety of Heels and Tech, its Users or any other person and verify provided User profile information with third party providers and ensure technical service functionality and data accuracy, perform trouble-shooting and prevent or detect fraud, security breaches or illegal activities.

9.4. SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
9.4.1. In addition to the sharing and disclosure of personal information that is included as part of the functionality of the Services as described in paragraph 9.3 above, Heels and Tech may disclose personal information if we believe such action is necessary to:
• comply with the law, or legal process served on us;
• protect and defend our rights and the enforcement of our agreements; or
• protect the security and safety of Users or members of the public or other aspects of public importance, provided, of course, that such disclosure is lawful.

9.4.2. We transfer information to trusted vendors, service providers, and other partners who support our business and Services, such as providing technical infrastructure services, bug testing, analyzing how our Services are used, measuring the effectiveness of ads and services and facilitating payments as well as potential partners who may wish to work with us to provide other services. Heels and Tech will always require these third parties to take appropriate organizational and technical measures to protect personal information and to observe applicable legislation.
9.4.3. Heels and Tech may also share personal information with third-party advertisers, agencies and networks. Such third parties may use this information for analytical and marketing purposes e.g., to provide measurement services and targeted ads and for improvement of products and services. The information may be collected by such third-parties by use of cookies, or similar technologies.
9.4.4. We may disclose and transfer Your Information to Our associated or affiliated organizations or related entities and to any third-party who acquires, Our business, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation or purchase of all or a substantial portion of our assets.

9.5. INFORMATION SECURITY AND TRANSFER OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO OTHER COUNTRIES
9.5.1. In order to provide the Services, Heels and Tech may transfer, process and store personal information in a number of countries, and may also use cloud-based services for this purpose. Heels and Tech may also subcontract storage or processing of Your information to third parties located in countries other than Your home country. Information collected within one country may, for example, be transferred to and processed in another country, which may not provide the same level of protection for personal data as the country in which it was collected.
9.5.2. You acknowledge and agree that Heels and Tech may transfer Your personal information as described above for purposes consistent with this Privacy Policy. We take all reasonable precautions to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorized access.
9.5.3. Heels and Tech has implemented physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect the information, including that the information will be stored on secured servers and protected by secured networks to which access is limited to a few authorized employees and personnel.
9.5.4. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

9.6. ACCESSING AND UPDATING PERSONAL INFORMATION
9.6.1. Heels and Tech may on its own initiative, or at Your request, replenish, rectify or erase any incomplete, inaccurate or outdated personal information retained by Heels and Tech in connection with the operation of the Services.
9.6.2. When required by the applicable law, You have the right to know what personal information is stored about You and to have any such information corrected or deleted on Your request. See contact details below.

9.7. HOW YOU CAN PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION:
9.7.1. If You would like to disable Our access to any passive information We receive from the use of various technologies, You may choose to disable cookies in Your web browser.
9.7.2. Please be aware that the Company will still receive information about You that You have provided, such as Your email address.

10. ASSUMPTION OF RISK.
10.1. The Website and Services are provided for communication purposes only.
10.2. You acknowledge and agree that any information posted on Our Website is not intended to be legal advice, medical advice, or financial advice, and no fiduciary relationship has been created between You and the Company.
10.3. You further agree that Your purchase of any of the products on the Website is at Your own risk.
10.4. The Company does not assume responsibility or liability for any advice or other information given on the Website.

11. SALES.
11.1. The Company may sell goods or services or allow third parties to sell goods or services on the Website.
11.2. The Company undertakes to be as accurate as possible with all information regarding the goods and services, including product descriptions and images.
11.3. However, the Company does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of any product information, and You acknowledge and agree that You purchase such products at Your own risk.
11.4. For goods or services sold by others, the Company assumes no liability for any product and cannot make any warranties about the merchantability, fitness, quality, safety or legality of these products.
11.5. For any claim You may have against the manufacturer or seller of the product, You agree to pursue that claim directly with the manufacturer or seller and not with the Company.
11.6. You hereby release the Company from any claims related to goods or services manufactured or sold by third parties, including any and all warranty or product liability claims.

12. REVERSE ENGINEERING & SECURITY.
12.1. You agree not to undertake any of the following actions:
12.1.1. Reverse engineer or attempt to reverse engineer or disassemble any code or software from or on the Website or Services.
12.1.2. Violate the security of the Website or Services through any unauthorized access, circumvention of encryption or other security tools, data mining or interference to any host, user or network.

13. DATA LOSS.
13.1. The Company does not accept responsibility for the security of Your account or content. You agree that Your use of the Website or Services is at Your own risk.

14. INDEMNIFICATION.
14.1. You agree to defend and indemnify the Company and any of its affiliates (if applicable) and hold Us harmless against any and all legal claims and demands, including reasonable attorney’s fees, which may arise from or relate to Your use or misuse of the Website or Services, Your breach of this Terms, or Your conduct or actions.
14.2. You agree that the Company shall be able to select its own legal counsel and may participate in its own defence, if the Company wishes.

15. SPAM POLICY.
15.1. You are strictly prohibited from using the Website or any of the Company’s Services for illegal spam activities, including gathering email addresses and personal information from others or sending any mass commercial emails.

16. THIRD-PARTY LINKS & CONTENT.
16.1. The Company may occasionally post links to third party websites or other services.
16.2. You agree that the Company is not responsible or liable for any loss or damage caused as a result of Your use of any third-party services linked to from Our Website.

17. MODIFICATION & VARIATION.
17.1. The Company may, from time to time and at any time without notice to You, modify this Terms.
17.2. You agree that the Company has the right to modify this Terms or revise anything contained herein.
17.3. You further agree that all modifications to this Terms are in full force and effect immediately upon posting on the Website and that modifications or variations will replace any prior version of this Terms, unless prior versions are specifically referred to or incorporated into the latest modification or variation of this Terms.
17.4. To the extent any part or sub-part of this Terms is held ineffective or invalid by any court of law, You agree that the prior, effective version of this Terms shall be considered enforceable and valid to the fullest extent.
17.5. You agree to routinely monitor this Terms and refer to the Effective Date posted at the top of this Terms to note modifications or variations.
17.6. You further agree to clear Your cache when doing so to avoid accessing a prior version of this Terms.
17.7. You agree that Your continued use of the Website after any modifications to this Terms is a manifestation of Your continued assent to this Terms.
17.8. In the event that You fail to monitor any modifications to or variations of this Terms, You agree that such failure shall be considered an affirmative waiver of Your right to review the modified Terms.

18. ENTIRE TERMS.
18.1. This Terms constitutes the entire understanding between the Parties with respect to any and all use of this Website.
18.2. This Terms supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous Terms or understandings, written or oral, regarding the use of this Website.

19. SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS.
19.1. The Company may need to interrupt Your access to the Website to perform maintenance or emergency services on a scheduled or unscheduled basis.
19.2. You agree that Your access to the Website may be affected by unanticipated or unscheduled downtime, for any reason, but that the Company shall have no liability for any damage or loss caused as a result of such downtime.

20. TERM, TERMINATION & SUSPENSION.
20.1. The Company may terminate this Terms with You at any time for any reason, with or without cause.
20.2. The Company specifically reserves the right to terminate this Terms if You violate any of the terms outlined herein, including, but not limited to, violating the intellectual property rights of the Company or a third party, failing to comply with applicable laws or other legal obligations, and/or publishing or distributing illegal material.
20.3. If You have registered for an account with Us, You may also terminate this Terms at any time by contacting Us and requesting termination. At the termination of this Terms, any provisions that would be expected to survive termination by their nature shall remain in full force and effect.

21. NO WARRANTIES.
21.1. You agree that Your use of the Website and Services is at Your sole and exclusive risk and that any Services provided by Us are on an “As Is” basis.
21.2. The Company hereby expressly disclaims any and all express or implied warranties of any kind, including, but not limited to the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose and the implied warranty of merchantability.
21.3. The Company makes no warranties that the Website or Services will meet Your needs or that the Website or Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
21.4. The Company also makes no warranties as to the reliability or accuracy of any information on the Website or obtained through the Services.
21.5. You agree that any damage that may occur to You, through Your computer system, or as a result of loss of Your data from Your use of the Website or Services is Your sole responsibility and that the Company is not liable for any such damage or loss.

22. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.
22.1. The Company is not liable for any damages that may occur to You as a result of Your use of the Website or Services, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
22.2. The maximum liability of the Company arising from or relating to this Terms is limited to the greater of [insert amount] or the amount You paid to the Company in the last six (6) months.
22.3. This section applies to any and all claims by You, including, but not limited to, lost profits or revenues, consequential or punitive damages, negligence, strict liability, fraud, or torts of any kind.

GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR STUDENTS

23. CHANGES AND NOTICES
23.1. Heels and Tech may at any time with or without a separate notice make changes and amendments to this Terms and Conditions, more particularly to the Cookie Policy and the Privacy Policy, and You are encouraged to review this Terms and Conditions from time to time.
23.2. In case of substantial changes, Heels and Tech will notify the Users by push notice or via notice in the Platform.
23.3. Your continued use of the Platform and Services after a notice of changes has been communicated to You or published on our Services shall constitute consent to the changed policy.

24. FEES AND PAYMENT
24.1. Upon successful registration, You must pay the stipulated Fees to be able to have access to the Service(s).
24.2. There may be additional costs relating to your Course or Program which you agree to pay to Us or to a relevant third-party (where appropriate). additional costs include, but are not limited to, costs relating to specific projects, research materials etc. where this is the case, We will promptly notify you of such costs.
24.3. Unless otherwise agreed by Us, all fees must be paid by the deadline set out as part of your offer of a slot with Us.
24.4. If You fail to pay the required fees as and when due, We reserve the right to;
24.4.1. Withdraw You from Your Course or Program (without further liability to you) and seek to recover any outstanding debts.
24.4.2. Exclude You from participating in all required projects.
24.4.3. Withhold Your results and to not issue any course or program certificates or award.

25. WITHDRAWAL AFTER PAYMENT.
25.1. Upon successful registration and enrolment, You have the right to withdraw from the Services between One (1) to Two (2) weeks before classes commence.
25.2. Where the You seek to withdraw from the Services as in 25.1 above, You must send a notice of such withdrawal to Admissions@heelsandtech.com outlining Your reasons for withdrawal.
25.3. In all cases the date wherein We received such notice will be taken as the date of notification.

26. REFUND
26.1. Upon successful registration and before classes commence, You may present an application for a refund of the Fees paid pursuant to Your Notice of withdrawal.
26.2. You hereby agree that where such application for refund is not submitted at least Five (5) days before classes commence, You shall forfeit such refund.
26.3. Where You wish to drop-out of the Program after classes have commenced, there shall not be a refund of the Your fees.
26.4. However, where You drop-out due to an illness and other unforeseen circumstance, We may under such circumstances, maintain Your slot for the next session at an additional cost.

27. RE-ADMISSION
27.1. If You, withdraw from, have been excluded from, had Your enrolment terminated in the program and you wish to be re-enrolled, You must register in the same way as those who have not previously been Our students.
27.2. You must pay all fees for the course or program in which You seek re-admission.

28. CHANGE OF COURSE
28.1. Please note that change of registered courses is only permitted where You are yet to attend such classes.
28.2. Once You have attended a Class, You will not be permitted to change to another course.

29. COURSE OBLIGATIONS
29.1. You agree to fulfil all the academic requirements of your program in accordance with this Terms and any other contract including, but not limited to, submission of tasks and activities within the program, attendance at assessments, attendance at workshops and tutor-led classes and any other such teaching forums provided by us.
29.2. You agree to familiarise yourself with and adhere to the Our rules, regulations and policies as set out in the program handbook, including not to seek to obtain or assist another student in obtaining an unfair advantage over other students in relation to their course of study.
29.3. You agree for any online sessions to be recorded for the Our use only in line with the Our Privacy Policy set out paragraph 9 above.

30. COURSE/PROGRAM TERMINATION
30.1. We may withdraw Your offer and withdraw You from Your course if
30.1.1. You do not pay the required fees as and when due;
30.1.2. You do not complete Your registration at the beginning of your program;
30.1.3. You have provided false, incomplete, inaccurate or misleading information in your registration process or at any other time;
30.1.4. You have poor attendance at classes and engagement with assessments;
30.1.5. You have failed too many assignments;
30.1.6. You are found guilty of academic misconducts;
30.1.7. You breach the provisions of this Terms and Conditions.

31. COMPLETION AND CERTIFICATION
31.1. Upon successful completion of Your program, You may be awarded a Certificate of Participation and/or a Certificate of Completion alongside any other award We may deem fit to grant from time to time.
31.2. To be a recipient of these awards, You must have at least attained a 70% attendance record and a 100% participation record.
31.3. Students who fail to attain the above, will not be awarded the necessary certificates.
31.4. Please note that we do not promise jobs to students after completion of their course/program.

GENERAL LEGAL PROVISIONS.

32. LANGUAGE
32.1. All communications made or notices given pursuant to this Terms shall be in the English language.

33. JURISDICTION, VENUE AND CHOICE OF LAW.
33.1. Through Your use of the Website or Services, You agree that the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall govern any matter or dispute relating to or arising out of this Terms, as well as any dispute of any kind that may arise between You and the Company.,

34. ASSIGNMENT.
34.1. This Terms, or the rights granted hereunder, may not be assigned, sold, leased or otherwise transferred in whole or part by You.
34.2. Should this Terms, or the rights granted hereunder, by assigned, sold, leased or otherwise transferred by the Company, the rights and liabilities of the Company will bind and inure to any assignees, administrators, successors, and executors.

35. SEVERABILITY.
35.1. If any part or sub-part of this Terms is held invalid or unenforceable by a court of law or competent arbitrator, the remaining parts and sub-parts will be enforced to the maximum extent possible.

36. NO WAIVER.
36.1. In the event that We fail to enforce any provision of this Terms, this shall not constitute a waiver of any future enforcement of that provision or of any other provision.
36.2. Waiver of any part or sub-part of this Terms will not constitute a waiver of any other part or sub-part.

37. NO AGENCY, PARTNERSHIP OR JOINT VENTURE.
37.1. No agency, partnership, or joint venture has been created between the Parties as a result of this Terms.
37.2. No Party has any authority to bind the other to third parties.

38. FORCE MAJEURE.
38.1. The Company is not liable for any failure to perform due to causes beyond its reasonable control including, but not limited to, acts of God, acts of civil authorities, acts of military authorities, riots, embargoes, acts of nature and natural disasters, and other acts which may be due to unforeseen circumstances.

39. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS PERMITTED
39.1. Electronic communications are permitted to both Parties under this Terms, including e-mail or fax.
39.2. For any questions or concerns, please email Us at the following address: [insert email address].